POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3, 4 September 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Lsttars and Letter Card*.—lnland, including Cook Islands, Id ior each 'ios or fraction thereof, and _Jd for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British recessions, United States, £hili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam, Servia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese TreatyPorts, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2Jd for the first oz. or fraction tneroof, and IJd for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof.

Post Cards.—lnland, jingle, Jd; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 2oz • Magazines (registered), inland, Jd for every Bvz or fraction thereof. Foroign, id per 2oz left open.

GommerolKl Papsrs—Town (for accounts, etc., only), Jd for 2ozs, or Id for first. 4oz and Jd each succeeding 2oi». Inland, Id for first 4ok, and Jd for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz 2ld, and $d foi every additional 2oz (Open for inspection). Newspapers.—Town ar.d loland, *d ca-ch. United Kingdom', Australia, Cauada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natah

Orange River. South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If undei Boz sent by first avadable route; ovei Soz sent by direct steamer only, un« loss specially addreesed and paid at rate of Id for first 4oz d.nd id for each i succeeding 2oz. AH other places Id j each under 4oz and id eacl extra 2oz |

Pattern and Sample Packets.—lnland, Jd first 2oz or fraction thereof: | nvtT Sdz as for "all other places." All j places, Id first 4oz, every ad> ditional 2oz or fraction £d. Registration.—2d additional for all places. TELEPHONES. Charges.— it exenangea eontinuona-

ly open—Business establishments, £7; j nrivate residences, £6 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, WelliDgten. Christchurch, Bunedin, Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmsrsfcon North, and Wanganui are open all day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 to 5 p.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed- j

Money Orders." (By Post). --Pay-j'] able in New Zealand, -fey-each it® ©rfl 1 fraction of- £oi 3d, '"Commonw*»Uh, • Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2j 6d;.£f>/|l Is; £7, Is 6d; £lO, gs'j £l l +, 2s 6d'; £ls, 3s; £l7. 3s 6d; £fb is;>axiTOUm, £4o.i United KingtyiH, i'rftish Possessions, Canada, Ui.'veji StaUfcii, Hawaii* and, Germany^3d so* or fraction thereof. (By Teiekrapftj- , Within "New Zealand, 3d forfevWy 1 £§".' or'fraction• of £5, and & iek-grap'u'fo?'' of Is. Australia, at rate of post? 1! money orders, plus teiegraph charge. TELECHaPHIC RATES. For Vl words' or leas'; including address and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and id for each additional word. . ..Urgeut Telegrams, In, and Id f° T >ac'h additional word. to he repeated will bs charged faallrate»m addition to the above. ■•• b ~--.., SABLE,RATES. I .. g !(A (, -. . , rl . 8. p. . . ~;„> Australian «tatei 0 4\d per" word Fiji • ... - -;„■ ' '0- 8 i jpet* >- e

Norfolk Island ~. 0 8 i „ United States 3 4to 2--. 8 „ Cape Colony 2 7 ~ United Kingdom 8 0 (Signature and address counted as part of message.) BTAM3* DUTIES.

Receipt or Discharge (for £2 or over), Id. Agreement (other than Lease), where the matter thereof ia • of the value of £2O or upwards, Ib. Lease or Agreement for Lease, where the rent does not exceed £6O, 2s fid; for every additional £SO, or part of £SO. 2s. 6d MAIL HCTICEft. Mails cTobq at tne Tost Office, Stratford, as under:— For— Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also. Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sat-

urdays, at 6 p.m. Cardiff—Daily. 8.25 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. E'tkara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., O.BS a.ra , 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. H&wera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., U.BO r.W i 1.30 p.m., and C p.m. Hawko's Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.ra., ».30 &.m., aiid 2.30 p.m. Euiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. Huiroa—-Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 ft.m., ».&> p.m., and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m., Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. Kchnratahi—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Low garth—Tuesday, Tknriday, and

Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoe—Daily, .3.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, G p.m. Midhirst—Daily. 8.10 s.m., 2.30 p.m.. and G p.m. N'ow Plymouth—Dally, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. \g{, n *_Daily 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. S'ormanby— Daily, B.iO a.m., 9.50 a.m." 2.110 p.m., and 3 p.m. Pahnerston N jrth—Dailr, 8.10 a.m., U. 30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m.

Pohokura—Daily, G p.m. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays nn ftatu*days, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowan—-Daily, 3.25 p.m South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., B.ZF* a.m., and 2.50 p.m. Strathmoro—Daily, 8 t».m. Tahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, 6 p.m. i Tariki-'-Daiiy, 8.10 a.m., S.BO p.m.,

and 0 p.m. Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, S) a.m.; and Wednesday, 6' p.m. To Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily, 6 p.m.: also, Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m. ; Wednesday 6 p in. Wairarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. . Waitara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m., and fl p.m. | Wancanui— Daily, 8.10 a.m.! 8.80 am pro Rtif? fl p.m. 1 Wellington- Daily, 8.10 a.m., §.30 a.m., ami 2.30 y.m. I Whangamomona—Tuesday and Saturday 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday 6 p.m.

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